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VALLfeV -J 2 Section 4 VALLEY NEWS Van Nuyt, CaW. Friday. July 22, W7 iwf I Sports editor Frank Mazzeo is on vacation. His column will resume upon his return. ROCJ out FromPafel ers shuts Dodgers After wasting a two-out double in the second, the Expos used a bunt single by Chris Speier and Gary Carter's two-out single in front of Lee Lacy in left to score their first run in the fourth.

Lacy was subbing for Dusty Baker, who, came down with a case of the flu during the All-Star break. Rick Monday is still bothered by a bad back and John Hale filled his slot in center. Rhoden retired No. 8 hitter Wayne Garrett and Rogers in the fifth before the Expos struck for three more runs. Dave Cash beat out a bouncer behind second, Speier singled him to third and Rhoden walked Ellis Valentine to load the bases.

Perez then cleared them with a double to the opposite field, down the right- field line. Rogers retired 15 in a row after Steve Garvey led off the second with a single before Reggie Smith singled after one out in the seventh. The only threat of any kind the Dodgers managed other than that was a two-out walk to Reggie Smith in the Parez thinks the Reds' lack of pitching will keep them from catching the Dodgers. "Their offfense is al right," he said, "but it will be hard to catch the Dodgers just with their hitting. You gotta have pitching." For Cincinnati to finish on top, he said, the Dodgers would have to fold.

"The Dodgers whould have to give it away," Perez said. "I don't see the Reds catching them with the pitching staff they have." As for the Expos, Perez is not counting them out of the race in the NL East, but the immediate goal is more modest. "I'd like to see this team play .500," Perez said of the Expos, who entered last night's game five games below that plateau. The Expos, who have played better than .500 since May 22 after getting off to a slow start, currently are in fifth place, but Perez insists they still have a chance to catch the division leaders. "If Cincinnati still has a chance," he said, "then in a division like ours, we might be He had little difficulty coming up with a choice to win the World Series.

"I'd have to pick the Dodgers or Cincinnati," he said, "whoever wins that division." Hooton (8-3) opposes Jackie Brown (6-7) in tonight's second game of the three-game series that concludes tomorrow night with a 6 o'clock contest matching All-Star Game MVP Don Sutton (10-4) against Stan Bahnsen (5-2). Atkinson's trial heads for jury SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) --The $2 million slander suit brought by Oakland Raider defensive back George Atkinson against the Pittsburgh Steelers headed for the jury today. On the ninth trial day, Atkinson said that a retraction by the Steelers or their coach Chuck Noll of a statement suggesting he was part of a "criminal element" in the national Football league, would have obviated the suit. "All this could have been avoided," Atkinson said. "All I wanted was a retraction.

I wanted my name cleared." Noll made his statement at a news conference Sept 13,1976, the day after the Raiders and Steelers opened the season. In that game, won by the Raiders 31-28 in the last minutes, Atkinson delivered a "hit" on Pittsburgh wide receiver Lynn Swann that resulted in the concussion for the offensive player. Atkinson later filed the slander suit against the Steelers and Noll and also another suit seeking $1 million in libel damages from the Oakland Tribune for comments by a columnist. That suit is still pending- Last month, the Steelers filed a SI million counter- suit against Atkinson alleging he was part of a conspiracy to "disable and intimidate" Swann. The Steelers yesteday withdrew the countersuit and U.S.

District Judge Samuel Conti dismissed it "with prejudice," meaning it can never be reinstated. The final morning of testimony saw Raider co- owner Al Davis take the stand and testify that he felt Atkinson's trade value was "severely damaged" by the publicity surrounding the Swann incident and Noll's comments. "In my opinion his playing career with the Oakland Raiders was shortened some two to three years without question." Davis said. 'Hawks insisting Cano still theirs From Page 1 "There's no danger of us going bust," said Irvine, who scoffed at any comparison between the Skyhawks and the recently-defunct Santa Barbara franchise of the ASL. "We are not in financial jeopardy," he said.

"We're not in a position where we're going to close our doors tomorrow and leave our English players stranded and our American players unpaid. Santa Barbara was two months in debt. We're five days Sate." He acknowledged statements made Wednesday by Skyhawks' general managing partner Jack Young of Westlake Village that the team is in the process of being sold. "The players know what's going on," he said. "They've been told.

Cano aepanure prompter renewed inquiries as to the Skyhawks' financial position. "The Skyhawks were the team 3 picked to play for at the lime," he said. "The fans are the best But I wasn't paid. Soccer players arc not exempt from bills, "I'm sad about it. I met a Jol of nice people and I finally got my chance to play.

Hull just can't do ilany more. People dose to are gonna find out the truth." Cano was the backup to Parkinson last year and took over the starting job this season when Mansour Rashidi left the team to return to Iran. The Skyhawks enter tonight's game 19 points be hind Sacramento in the ASL West, but have played four fewer games than the Spirits, who are unbeaten in nine Studio City favored in Legion playoffs The American Legion District 20 playoffs open tomorrow three also-ran teams hoping to knock off heavily-favored Studio City for the right to advance to Area 6 playoffs next month. Although Studio City finished the regular season with an 18-3 record to easily outdistance all opponents, the playoffs offer Sylmar, Van Nuys and North Hollywood a chance to become the surprise champion of the district. In tomorrow's action, Studio City will face Sylmar and Van Nuys will do battle with North Hollywood, with both games starting at 11 a.m.

The Studio City-Sylmar contest will be played at Valley College with College of the site of the Van Nuys-North Hollywood match. The second game for both best-of-three-game series' will be played Sunday at 11 a.m.. but the locations will be switched. If a third game is necessary for either playoff, it will be held immediately following the second game. Advancing teams will meet in next week's District 20 finals, with the first game to be played July 30 at Valley and the second game (and third if necessary) set for College of the Canyons.

South rated Shrine choice From Page 1 ball will be a big test for the North's defense. McNeil, who led Banning to the City championship, was one of the most sought after running backs in the country before UCLA landed the Los Angeles player of the year. He set a City scoring record with 26 touchdowns and rushed for 1,343 yards (8.1 average) with his quick bursts into the secondary. Nelson is another game-breaker and Aviation's Clary provides the South with the tough running up the middle. Although Inglewood's Scoggins has been tabbed as South's starting quarterback, Banning's JoeMon- tijo is also expected to see extensive action.

And just to give North's defense another thing to worry about, both Montijo and Scoggins are excellent passers. But with McNeil and Nelson at its disposal, the South probably will turn to its passing weapon on only rare occasion. The game promises to be a wide-open, high-scoring affair, perhaps resembling last year's 28-20 South victory which ended a three-game winning streak for the North. The South now has won 14 and lost eight with three, of the contests ending in ties. Besides Monroe's Lee-Luckett combination and Cleveland's Jorgens-Brown duo, three other schools have two players en the North.

From Crespi will be center Robert LoCurto and defensive back Dave Gomer West Covina boasts linebacker Anthony Cimmarrusti and Epps and Los Altos lists Hertel and All-American offensive guard Jim Wilson. Other Valley players on the North are Chatsworth All-American tackle Randy Bache and Hollywood defensive back Charles Wilson. The North has six Ail-Americans, while the South showcases nine, including versatile Dennis Smith of Santa Monica. Marderian, teammate tangle in Ram camp Greg Marderian, the former Granada Hills High School and USC football star now with the Los Angeles Rams, had been campaigning as an amateur boxer before training camp began this week at Cal State Fullerton. Yesterday, the 6-ft.

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